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PHALXENID/G i.

2-

3-

4-

Eutrapcla clematata

2--

in.

buff,

feeds

Caterpillar clematis. transversata ; 2

(Geometridse.)

brown on

sprinkled.

elm

and

On

1.

Metanema

whitish ash, and Caterpillar feeds on oak. inatomaria ; if- inch; pale gray with pinkish tint. Caterpillar feeds on poplar Drepanodes puber ; in.; orange buff and light qiterciroraria

i-J

in.

13-

across forewing. Azelina hubnerata ; if in.; reddish brown and dark

14.

brown. Endropia serrataria : 2 "

brown.

6.

7.

reddish-brown lines. rants : i in. orange, buff and black speckled, 3 spots on forewing.

16.

"

'TIS.

"

Feeds on juniper. Caberodes confusaria

i-j-

in.

light gray, outer

lighter, thickly speckled.

edge Feeds on

" 19.

clover.

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ejftctaria

in.

2

in.;

yellow and fawn. deep fawn speckled

with black, deep serrate, extra light line in border.

9.

like 9, forewing angled. Seknia kentaria ; i in.; ochre yellow, violet between lines, like 13 but 3 bands

tip to middle across forewing. sweet fern.

Caberodes majoraria i|- in. light yellow. Etigonta alniaria ; 2^ in.; transparent buff shading to red brown, dark on edge. Feeds on birch, alder, and chestnut. " subsignaria ; if in.; pure white, shaped

1

in. cream, buff or brown marked darker. C. feeds on sweet gale and geranium. Tetrads crocallata : if in.; ochre, yellow and brown. C. feeds on chestnut and sumach. " lorata cream white with faint line if in

from 5-

10.

Loopers, Spanners.

brown and dark brown.

in.

Feeds on plum and oak. armataria ; i in.; brown, violet tinge, marks blurred. Feeds on currant.

bilinearia

textrinaria ;

i

in.

pale

yellow,

lines

broad and blurred, shape like 19. Thickly sprinkled, feeds on oak. vinulentaria ; i in.; sand color and

brown.

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